Learn your Buffalo-cabulary

Graduates Sophia Kandell and Monet Malek come back to MC Graduation in 2010. Photo by James Greene, 2013

Below are words and phrases important to life in Johnston.

Living-learning: We are a living-learning community. Faculty and students share the same space, academic conversations flow from the classroom to the porch, and decisions about community space are made collectively through consensus.

Consensus: Aaahhh, the vision, the dream, the ideal. Can you live with something because it is good for the group, even though it may not be your own preference? That’s consensus in a nutshell, and we strive to achieve this in Community meetings.

Community meetings: Every Tuesday in Holt Lobby. We talk about student policy, plan events, make announcement, and debate ideas.

History: We’ve been around since 1969 and we like to talk about our history a lot. We’ve even written two books about them.

Johnny Cash Day: A day of music where we celebrate the man in black, just because we can.

Oaxaca Integrated Semester: Taking the philosophy of living-learning on the road and to the extreme—four months of study and travel through the cities, villages, mountains, valleys, lakes and beaches of southern Mexico and Guatemala pursuing your interests to integrate into your contract and helping the others in the group do the same.

Teresa Area, Registrar: The most important person you will ever want to meet. Despite all of our shenanigans, she keeps track of our academic records and helps us through the academic process.

The Johnston Director: The guardian of, administrator for, and advocate on behalf of all things Johnston-y, particularly academics. Kelly_hankin@redlands.edu

The Assistant Director: The guardian of, administrator for, and advocate on behalf of all things Johnston, particularly housing and student life. mg_maloney@redlands.edu

The Community Director and Staff: Students who commit to watch over the community and keep it safe. They work hard and need lots of appreciation.